tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post5638638208479357764..comments2024-03-03T20:15:57.737+08:00Comments on model ships in the cinema: The Bedford Incident 1965munghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833483639783575804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-24800692011889079942021-10-28T01:16:41.485+08:002021-10-28T01:16:41.485+08:00They definitely used a real ship for a few shots, ...They definitely used a real ship for a few shots, as during the opening scene when the helicopter lands. Joe Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658932178160678225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-43631134837819898132021-10-28T01:14:38.408+08:002021-10-28T01:14:38.408+08:00True the plot gets cliche towards the end but stil...True the plot gets cliche towards the end but still remains quite tense IMO. I thought the character development was excellent and anything but "typical." This was one of the first mainstream films to cast a black man as the lead, and I thought the racial tension was great throughout. Race is never mentioned explicitly but obviously was on everyone's mind, especially the audience, who had never seen a black dude play such an assertive and authoritative character. <br /><br />I loved the dynamic between Wydmark and Poitier. Poitier's fury in the final scene was some powerful stuff. Joe Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658932178160678225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-82481758485303125392019-12-14T01:12:55.882+08:002019-12-14T01:12:55.882+08:00Wow, I always thought that a real ship was used in...Wow, I always thought that a real ship was used in the daylight scenes in the open ocean. TLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744616454522088033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-13628302663513019732016-03-22T13:33:12.000+08:002016-03-22T13:33:12.000+08:00Good model work but a typical cold war "oops ...Good model work but a typical cold war "oops we started a nuclear war" plot. The ocean going version of Fail Safe.maxsmodelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-73753320827007144412017-08-11T08:24:09.000+08:002017-08-11T08:24:09.000+08:00I saw that movie back when it first came out in th...I saw that movie back when it first came out in the mid 60's. I was 15/16 at the time. As fate would have it, 5 or 6 years later, in 1971 I was chasing Soviet subs in the Arctic Circle on a Farragut/Coontz class ship USS Dahlgren DLG-12. We were flag for STANAVFORLANT that year and had NATO staff on board. One of them was an older German officer that claimed he had served in the Greman Navy during WW2. Can't make this stuff up...Ernest Copenhavernoreply@blogger.com